• Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia

    Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia

    Mar 07, 2019 05:35

    Germany has extended a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia imposed over the kingdom’s deadly campaign against Yemen and the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

  • Germany's SPD to extend freeze on arms sales to Riyadh

    Germany's SPD to extend freeze on arms sales to Riyadh

    Feb 26, 2019 06:20

    The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which is part of the ruling coalition, says it has plans to extend an embargo on arms supplies to Saudi Arabia despite pressure from major European countries not to do so.

  • 55th MSC: How bigger concerns and foresight united world leaders against Washington

    55th MSC: How bigger concerns and foresight united world leaders against Washington

    Feb 21, 2019 07:34

    The annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) has once again put the relationship between the United States and its Western allies under the spotlight. The US was, as expected, at odds with its main rivals Russia and China. However, there have been clear divisions on display between the Washington and the EU. Fars news agency has more on this issue:

  • Mike Pence brought message from Trump to Munich: Why no one applauded?

    Mike Pence brought message from Trump to Munich: Why no one applauded?

    Feb 21, 2019 07:26

    US Vice President Mike Pence overestimated his audience’s opinion of the American president on Friday, February 15, 2019, when he spoke during an event at the Munich Security Conference. Fars news agency has published some good-to-know materials in this regard under the heading of “Mike Pence brought message from Trump to Munich: Why no one applauded?”

  • UK lashes out at Germany over Saudi arms sales ban

    UK lashes out at Germany over Saudi arms sales ban

    Feb 20, 2019 12:31

    Britain has strongly objected to Germany’s recent decision to bar arms and military cooperation deals with Saudi Arabia, warning that the new policy damages Berlin’s security commitments while adversely affecting the British military industry.

  • US attempted to create new West Asia dividing lines at anti-Iran Warsaw forum: Russia

    US attempted to create new West Asia dividing lines at anti-Iran Warsaw forum: Russia

    Feb 19, 2019 14:08

    Russia has denounced a recent US-organized conference in Poland – which had a highly hostile anti-Iran agenda -- as yet another America-style attempt to create new “dividing lines” in the Wes Asia and impose its own “unilateral recipes” on the conflict-ridden region.

  • Europe: Alliance with US 'broken', schism 'getting crazier'

    Europe: Alliance with US 'broken', schism 'getting crazier'

    Feb 17, 2019 09:20

    An annual security conference in Germany has erupted into a full-scale assault on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, with leaders taking turns to flay the US president's go-it-alone policy.

  • US VP faces embarrassing silence at Munich Security Conference

    US VP faces embarrassing silence at Munich Security Conference

    Feb 17, 2019 08:44

    US Vice President Mike Pence faces an embarrassing silence while addressing American allies at Munich Security Conference.

  • ‘World needs constructive dialogue with Iran’

    ‘World needs constructive dialogue with Iran’

    Feb 17, 2019 06:26

    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has reiterated the global need for engaging with Iran on sensitive issues, including crises in the West Asian countries.

  • Up to 7k German firms eye trade with Iran: German official

    Up to 7k German firms eye trade with Iran: German official

    Feb 04, 2019 06:49

    Up to 7,000 German business enterprises are estimated to seek continued trade with Iran, says the managing director of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, following the launch of a payment vehicle that enables continued European trade with the Islamic Republic irrespective of unilateral sanctions by the United States.